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Granby Lions induct five new members, honor other Lions
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On June 4, the Granby Lions Club held a special meeting at Lost Acres Vineyard to celebrate the induction of five new members and recognize other Granby Lions.
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An episode in Kelti’s life
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This is the story of me and my human mother. I am a loving, 10-year-old Bichon Frise. I am white in color as all Bichons are. We are descendants of water dogs and poodles.
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Granby bids farewell to the Lofinks
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Jim and Celia Lofink acknowledge the heartfelt appreciation of both the Democratic and Republican Town Committees.
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Unveiling the Vineyard’s new wine bottle labels
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Lost Acres Vineyard owner, Michelle Niedermeyer, honored Granby artist Laura Eden during a May reception unveiling the Vineyard’s new wine bottle labels.
Familiar Faces
Sgt. Doreen Mikan chose Granby
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Sometimes, life sends you exactly where you need to be.
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Woodworker’s solar kiln featured in Fine Woodworking magazine
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While some of us learned how to make sourdough bread or became Wordle aficionados during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brenon Plourde and his family built a solar kiln. The construction of the kiln was recently featured in a lengthy spread in Fine Woodworking magazine, which Brenon describes as “like being in Rolling Stone.”
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Volunteer-run Clothes Closet benefits whole community
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“We live in a very generous community!” Those are the sentiments of the volunteers who serve at the Clothes Closet run by Valley Brook Community Church at 160 Granville Road.
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West Granby resident joins Aurora board
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West Granby resident Katherine Hall, vice president of global programs for Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), has been elected to the board of directors of the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation, a non-profit based in West Hartford.
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Granby taught me to dream big
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When Mike Noyes prepared to leave the small-town he grew up in at the start of his freshman year at UConn, he did not have an exact plan for what lay ahead of him. He knew he liked basketball. A state champion with the Bears in 2013, it was obvious that he had a knack for it. Ten years later, his connection to the sport has taken him to places not even he could have imagined.
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Eleanor Roosevelt touched many lives
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I noted with interest the article submitted by Sarah Merrill of Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) regarding the personal and political friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune, one of the nation’s most powerful Black political figures through the 1930s and 40s.